CONSTITUTION AND MANAGEMENT. 



The general business of The Highland and Agricultural Society 

 is conducted under the sanction and control of a Eoyal Charter, which 

 authorises the enactment of Bye-Laws. Business connected with 

 Agricultural Education is conducted under the authority of a Sup- 

 plementary Eoyal Charter, also authorising the enactment of Bye- 

 Laws. 



The Office-Bearers consist of a President, Four Vice-Presidents, 

 Ten Extraordinary and Thirty Ordinary Directors, a Treasurer, an 

 Honorary and an Acting Secretary, an Auditor, and other Officers. 

 The proceedings of the Directors are reported to General Meetings 

 of the Society, held in January and in June or July. The Council 

 on Education, under the Supplementary Charter, consists of Sixteen 

 Members — Nine nominated by the Charter, and Seven elected by the 

 Society. The Board of Examiners consists of Twelve Members. 



Members are elected at the half-yearly General Meetings. The 

 ordinary subscription is L.l, 3s. 6d. annually, which may be redeemed 

 by one payment, varying according to the number of previous annual 

 payments, from L.12, 12s. to L.7, Is. Tenant-Farmers, Secretaries, 

 and Treasurers of local Agricultural Associations, resident Agricul- 

 tural Factors, and Proprietors farming the whole of their own lands, 

 whose valuation does not exceedL.500, are admitted on a subscription 

 of 10s. annually, which may be redeemed by one payment, varying 

 according to the number of previous annual payments, from L.5, 5s. 

 to L.3. 



Members of the Society receive the Transactions on application, 

 and are entitled to apply for District Premiums — to report Ploughing 

 Matches for the Medal — to attend Shows free of charge, and to exhibit 

 Stock and consult the Chemist at reduced rates. 



Orders, payable at the Eoyal Bank of Scotland, are issued by the 

 Directors, in name of the parties in whose favour Premiums have 

 been awarded. 



All communications must be addressed to " Fletcher Norton 

 Menzies, Esq., Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society of 

 Scotland, No. 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh." 



